Oregon coach Mark Helfrich said today he does not expect the Bucs to select QB Marcus Mariota.

It seems college coaches know more than their NFL counterparts these days.

Last night, Florida State assistant Tim Brewster Twittered he was coming to Tampa tonight to celebrate Jameis Winston’s selection by the Bucs. (more…)

Bud Light girls, amazing giveaways, former Bucs DE Steve White, killer food, great indoor & outdoor setup. It’s Joe’s big draft party!

Celebrate Tampa Bay’s date with destiny!

Father Dungy might be soon-to-be NFL quarterback Marcus Mariota’s biggest fan.

Heck, Joe talked 1-on-1 with Dungy about this topic during Super Bowl week. (more…)

Trivia time! Which Bucs running back has more 100-yard rushing days through the past 30 Buccaneers games, little used Mike James, or 2012 first-round pick Doug Martin? (more…)

Here’s a riddle: What is something that three huge Bucs names don’t want to see, and will be given away at Joe’s draft party tonight?

It just wouldn’t be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with comedy and drama entering the NFL Draft.

And this year’s edition is served up by two Bucs icons and a guy too many Bucs fans consider to be the devil. (more…)

NFL Network’s Steve Wyche.

Joe is emptying a notebook of recent Bucs-focused interviews with national NFL media types. Below, NFL insider and NFL Network talking head Steve Wyche discusses with Joe how Lovie Smith will turn the Bucs around this fall. (more…)

Last night, still under a deadline buzz after covering a thrilling Game 7 win by the Tampa Bay Lightning, the “Custodian of Canton,” eye-RAH! Kaufman of The Tampa Tribune, decided to do a little trolling over the Jameis Winston deniers. (more…)

Can Lovie clean the house?

Rampant MRSA bacteria sank the Bucs and Greg Schiano. But a new antibiotic-resistant disease infected Lovie Smith and friends.

It’s known in medical journals as “Josh McCown,” says one former Buccaneer. (more…)

Former NFL linebacker and current NFL Network analyst LaVar Arrington.

Joe is emptying a notebook of recent Bucs-focused interviews with national NFL media types. Below, former monster linebacker and current NFL Network talking head LaVar Arrington discussed with Joe how Lovie Smith can rebuild the Bucs. (more…)

Bucs players lobbied GM Jason Licht for Jameis Winston “last season.”

A rather stunning tidbit of background information on the Bucs’ pursuit of Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was let loose by NFL Network last night.

It seems it wasn’t just front office personnel and coaches of the Bucs who were smitten by Winston.

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(This is a repost of a previously published article Joe runs as an annual tradition for the morning of the first day of the NFL draft.)

Joe’s going to go slightly personal here, a rare, albeit tiny window into Joe’s background on this holiest of high football holidays. (more…)

A Florida State coach can’t contain himself

A Florida State coach has lit up Twitter tonight with a bold proclamation. (more…)

Thank goodness nobody asked Joe to wager on whether the Bucs would add an offensive lineman before the NFL Draft.

Joe would have lost big money betting on Tampa Bay to have at least signed one body, such as a second- or third-wave-of-free-agency veteran for depth. (more…)

Lovie Smith orders to new Bucs offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter will impact the draft

Lovie Smith doesn’t like change. That was a painful reality for Bucs fans last year.

So that means Lovie wants to pound the rock and play-action pass, and stick firmly to his Tampa-2 fundamentals. (more…)

BSPN is embedded at One Buc Palace and is reporting that Bucs general manager Jason Licht says trade inquiries for the No. 1 overall pick are on the rise today.

Back at the NFL Owners Meetings in Arizona, Joe, Lovie Smith and two other local writers had a private pre-7 a.m. chat. (more…)

Ed Werder of ESPN.

Joe is emptying a notebook of interviews with national NFL media types concerning the Bucs in recent weeks. Below, long-time NFL insider Ed Werder of ESPN discusses with Joe, among other things, a different way to rebuild the Bucs.

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Joe has to give props to good dude Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report. That awesome headline above? That’s Freeman’s work writing about the worst teams in the NFL this morning. (more…)

It was time again for the popular JoeBucsFan Hour, when Joe joins the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig, every Tuesday at 5 p.m.

There was no shortage of madness and mayhem last night. (more…)

Alex Marvez

Joe is emptying a notebook of interviews with national NFL media types concerning the Bucs in recent weeks. Below, all-around good dude Alex Marvez of Fox Sports and SiriusXM NFL Radio chats with Joe.

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Joe was amused by a recent article that tried to paint the picture of the perils of drafting quarterbacks in the first round.

Matt Baker of the Tampa Bay Times accurately documented how quarterbacks drafted in the first round are 50/50 bets. That’s very true. (more…)

Unlike Jameis Winston, Bucs stud receiver Mike Evans is a 21-year-old with a fantastic rookie season under his belt — on and off the field. (more…)